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CONFERRING PREDICTIONS
At that time, following his expounding of the verses, the World Honored One spoke to
the great assembly in this manner, "My disciple, Mahakashyapa, in a future age will
serve and behold three hundred thousand million Buddhas, World Honored Ones,
making offerings, paying reverence, venerating and praising them; he will broadly
proclaim the limitless Great Dharma of all the Buddhas.
"In his final body he will become a Buddha by the name of Light Brightness. Thus
Come One, one worthy of offerings, of proper and universal knowledge, one whose
understanding and conduct are complete, a well-gone one who understands the world,
an unsurpassed Lord, a taming and regulating hero, a teach of gods and humans, a
Buddha, a World Honored One. His country will be called Light Virtue and his aeon
will be called Great Adornment. His lifespan as a Buddha will last for twelve minor
aeons. The Proper Dharma will dwell there for twenty minor aeons. The Dharma
Resemblance Age will also dwell there for twenty minor aeons.
"His realm will be adorned and free of any filth or evil, tiles or stones, thorns or
brambles, excrement or other impurities. The land will be flat, without high or low
places, gullys or hills. The land will be made of lapis lazuli, and set about with rows of
jeweled trees. The roads will be bordered with golden ropes. Precious flowers will be
scattered about, purifying it entirely. The Bodhisattvas in that land will number in the
limitless thousands of millions, the assembly of Sound Hearers will be likewise
uncountable. No deeds of Mara will be done there, and although Mara and his subjects
will exist there, they will all protect the Buddha dharma."
At that time, the World Honored One, wishing to restate this principle, spoke verses
saying,
I declare to the Bhikshus that
By using my Buddha Eye
I see that Kashyapa
In a future age
Countless aeons from now shall become a Buddha
And that in the future he
Shall make offerings to, revere and behold
Three hundred ten thousands of millions
of Buddhas, World Honored Ones.
And, for the sake of the Buddhas wisdom
He shall purely cultivate Brahman conduct.
He shall make offerings to the highest
Honored One, doubly complete and then
Cultivate and practice all
Unsurpassed wisdom.
In his final body
He shall become a Buddha.
His land will be pure,
With lapis lazuli for soil,
And with many jeweled trees
Lining the roadways,
And with the roads set off by golden cords,
Delighting all who see it.
Fine fragrance will always issue forth,
Rare flowers will be strewn about,
With all manner of rare articles
It shall be adorned.
The land will be flat and even
Without hills or gullys.
The assembly of Bodhisattvas
Will be unreckonable.
Their minds will be gentle
Having gained great spiritual powers;
They will reverently uphold the Buddhas
Great Vehicle sutras.
The assembly of Sound Hearers,
Without outflows, in their last bodies,
Sons of the Dharma King,
Will also be beyond all count.
So that, even with the Heavenly Eye,
Their number shall not be known.
His lifespan as a Buddha will be
Twelve minor aeons, and
His Proper Dharma will dwell in the world
Twenty minor aeons.
The Dharmas Image Age will dwell
Also for twenty minor aeons.
The World Honored One, Light Brightness
Shall have a history such as this.
At that time, Mahamaudgalyayana, Subhuti and Mahakatyayana were very agitated.
They single-mindedly joined their palms, gazed upward at the World Honored One, not
lowering their gaze for a moment, and with a single voice spoke these verses:
Great, brave hero, the World Honored One,
The Shakyan Dharma King,
Out of pity for us all
thousands of myriads of millions of Nayutas. His lifespan as a Buddha will last for
twelve minor aeons.
The Proper Dharma will dwell there for twenty mino aeons. The Dharma Image Age
will also dwell there for twenty mino aeons. This Buddha will constantly dwell in
empty space speaking Dharma for the multitudes and crossing over limitless
Bodhisattvas and Sound Hearers."
At that time the World Honored One, wishing to restate this principle spoke verses
saying,
Assembled Bhikshus
I shall now tell you,
Listen singlemindedly
To what Im going to say.
My great disciple,
Subhuti,
Will become a Buddha
Called Name-Appearance.
After making offerings to countless
Myriads of millions of Buddhas
Following the Buddhas practices,
He will gradually perfect the Great Way.
In his final body he shall
Obtain Thirty-two Marks,
Upright and beautiful
Like a jeweled mountain.
His Buddha land will be
Foremost in purity and adornment.
Living beings who see it
All will take delight in it.
And as a Buddha therein
He will save limitless multitudes.
Within his Buddha Dharma
Will be many Bodhisattvas,
All of sharp faculties,
Turning the non-retreating wheel.
This land will ever be
Adorned with Bodhisattvas;
The assembly of Sound Hearers
Will be beyond all reckoning.
All having gained the Three Clarities,
And perfected the Six Spiritual Powers
Abiding in the Eight Liberations
And possessing great awesome virtue.
At that time, the World Honored One, further spoke to the assembly. "I now tell you
that Mahamaudgalyayana will in the future, with various articles, make offerings to
eight thousand Buddhas, honoring and venerating them. After the extinction of those
Buddhas, he will erect for each of them a stupa one thousand Yojanas in height and
five hundred Yojanas in breadth, and made of the seven jewels, gold, silver, lapis
lazuli, mother of pearl, carneilian, pearls, and agate. He will make offerings to it of
many flowers, beaded necklaces, paste incense, powdered incense, burning incense,
silk canopies and banners. After that, he will further make offerings to two hundred
myriads of millions of Buddhas in the same manner.
"He will then become a Buddha called Tamalapattracandana Fragrance Thus Come
One, one worthy of offerings, of proper and universal knowledge, one whose
understanding and conduct are complete, a well-gone one who understands the world,
an unsurpassed lord, a taming and regulating hero, teacher of gods and humans,
Buddha, World Honored One. His aeon will be called Full of Joy. His country will be
called Delighted Mind. His land will be flat and even with crystal for soil, and jeweled
trees for adornments. Real pearl flowers will be scattered about, purifying it entirely, so
that those who see it rejoice. There will be many gods, humans, Bodhisattvas and
Sound Hearers, limitless and uncountable in number. His lifespan as a Buddha will last
for twenty-four minor aeons. The Proper Dharma will dwell there for forty minor
aeons. The Dharma Resemblance Age will dwell also for forty minor aeons."
At that time, the World Honored One, wishing to restate this principle spoke verses,
saying:
My disciple
Mahamaudgalyayana
Having cast aside this body
Will view eight thousand
Two hundred myriads of millions
Of Buddhas, World Honored Ones.
And, for the sake of the Buddha Way
Will honor and make offerings to them.
In the presence of those Buddhas,
He will always practice Brahman conduct,
Throughout limitless aeons,
Reverently upholding the Buddhadharma.
After the extinction of those Buddhas,
He will build stupas of the seven jewels,
Displaying golden spires
And with flowers, incense, and instrumental music
He will make offerings
To the Buddhas stupas.
Gradually, having perfected
The Bodhisattva Path,
In a land called Delighted Intent,
He will become a Buddha
Called Tamala
Candana Fragrance.
His lifespan as a Buddha will be Twenty-four minor aeons.
Always, for gods and humans
He will expound and proclaim the Buddha Way.
There will be limitless Sound Hearers
In number like the Ganges sands,
With the Three Clarities and Six Penetrations
And great, awesome virtue.
There will be uncountable Bodhisattvas
Vigorous and solid resolve